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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What motif continues to suggest a promise of happiness or well-being for Ethan at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) The motif of color.
(b) The motif of water.
(c) The motif of darkness.
(d) The motif of light.

2. Ethan now sees the cemetery as ____________________________.
(a) The promise of continuance and stability.
(b) The promise of excitement and the unknown.
(c) The threat of stagnancy.
(d) The threat of death.

3. While Mattie dances, Ethan notices ________________________________.
(a) That she uses the same gestures with other men that she uses with him.
(b) That she seems detached and uninterested in other men.
(c) That she seems eager to find a husband in the crowd.
(d) That she uses gestures he has never seen before.

4. Because Ethan is too afraid to touch Mattie, he settles for _______________________________.
(a) Holding her hands while they talk.
(b) Kissing the cat on the head.
(c) Pressing his cheek against hers.
(d) Kissing the fabric she is sewing.

5. Ethan claims he continues to mention Mattie's eventual marriage because __________________________________.
(a) Zeena wants him to encourage Mattie to leave.
(b) He wants her to swear she will never marry.
(c) He is burning with jealousy.
(d) He is trying to get used to the idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Ethan walks through the trees he passes _______________________________.

2. Mattie Silver has lived with the Fromes for _______________.

3. Why can't Ethan replace Zeena's pickle dish?

4. Ethan makes Mattie uncomfortable when he mentions __________________________________.

5. Ethan's mother suggested she was listening to ___________________________.

(see the answer key)

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